mike wrote:
I've heard this all my life, but I've never met a guy who refused or didn't
like asking for directions.
We haven't met. I remember vividly the day, decades ago, when I swore I
would never again stop my car to ask directions.
That story is too long to tell here, but the usual accusation that it
is a macho thing that prevents males to ask for help from other males or
females is not correct in my opinion.
The problem is the accuracy of information one can obtain by asking. If
a man asks for directions, the directions might be wrong and if so, it
may be due to miscommunication, feigned knowledge, or deliberate
misleading whether received from male or female. If a woman asks for
directions from a man, the man will strive mightily to help the damsel
in distress so that the information she receives is more likely to be
accurate. If she asks another female, whether the information received
is accurate or not, at least she has15 minutes of pleasant conversation.
Since the outcome of asking directions is more likely to be negative for
a man than for a woman, the man is more reluctant to ask unless all else
fails.
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